Dear Hardware experts, I struggle with the following problem. I can not access my windows XP anymore. But I can access it with the repair part which I start from the WindowsXP cd-rom instead of choosing to install windowsXP. So when I am in that repair mode I can access my partition. but when I...

Hi NG, i'am using winXP w/ ati radeon 9800 and an tv-card (pinnacle ProTV). When i capture movies i geht small stripes, looks like distortion, only in scences with fast motion. For example waving handes. I use DivX or Mpeg4 for compressing the movies on the fly. I searched several newsgroups, ati...

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A buddy of mine wants me to help him assemble a new machine for him. He has a limited budget ($500.00 US), doesn't need a CD ROM or monitor. Below is my selection of some decent (cheap) components that I have selected. POWMAX CP769PL-2 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w/ 400 watt...

hi ng, which nforce 2 mainboard should i buy? i want to built an pc with an athlon xp 3200+ (fsb 400), nvidea 6600 gt (i dont now wich at the moment / maybe you can give me an advice) , 2x 512 MB infineon ddr-ram 400 so which nf 2 mainboard would be the best for my system? it shouldn´t cost more...

Allora la configurazione del mio pc è la seguente: 1) AMD Athlon XP 2800 2) Motherboard Asus A7V600-X 3) 1024 MB DIMM 400 Mhz DDR 4) Scheda Video GeForce FX 5200 5) Alimentatore ATX da 350 W L'alimentatore basta come "wattaggio" o è insufficiente? Lo chiedo perchè ho da poco acquistato un hard...

I am trying to copy an old hard drive to a new one (PATA to SATA). I have tried the manufacturer's utility (MaxBlast) and commercial software (Norton Ghost). Neither work. The Maxblast software misses files and Norton refuses to run correctly (I am pursuing this). But I need to copy my HD...

Heya there Anyone knows whcih sound chipset is inside Sony Vaio FS115z? thanks for your help

Hello all, Just curious to know if keeping a computer on 24/7 will ruin a motherboard? My m/b just died on me (when switched the computer on it didn't do anything, just blank) and was wondering if it was related to me keeping my machine going all the time. I have a P4 2.8Ghz with 512MB ram Many...

Hello, Just bought a older machine for office applications and surfing the web. It's a Compaq deskpro PIII 866MHz. I wanted to equip it with a spare a WLAN card I've got lying around but I'm not sure whether this will work. Would a PIII 866MHz machine (Intel 815e chipset - according to AIDA) have...

Hi, I have a western digital 40 gig HD that I just can't seem to get to work. I bought it from PCWorld, preformatted and the works. My problem comes when I connect to the motherboard and switch the computer on. I don't know whether it is a duff HD but I have set the jumper correctly a million...

When will modern computers be as good at video as the Amigas were 10 years ago?

Can someone please upload the CD ROM to allow installation of the Linksys Router BEFSX41. TIA

I am about to purchase a TFT monitor to replace my 19" CRT. I have an ATI 9600 Pro graphics card in my PC which has 15 pin D-sub and DVI outputs. How important is it to buy a display with DVI input? Does it make any real differerence? Cheers.

My BIOS has two settings which I don't understand: 1. SATA Boot ROM 2. On-board Promise Controller. The manual is hopeless. Can anyone tell me what these settings mean and whether I should enable or disable them? Cheers.

ok, now i have some questions... 1) can you put an ATX mobo in an AT case? and if so how would u do it. 2)how do you connect 2 computers to be on the web together? 3)ok thats all for now thank you for looking!! :roll:

Abit AN7 AMD Barton +2600 512 M Memory Win2K Pro SP4 and all updates SATA 80G ATA 160G System freezes randomly. It may freeze soon after boot, it may run for days. It seems more likely to freeze under stress (scandisk, etc). When it freezes, only a reset will get it going. but there are no log

Having real problems with a Nikimi hard drive living with a Maxtor one.. The Nikimi is the primary drive (XD800-A). The Nikimi website isn't working at the moment so I cant find out suitable jumper settings to try - have tried the standard one displayed on the casing Any ideas? James

I can usually understand the difference in specs about different versions of motherboards from the same manufacturer using the same basic chipset. For instance, I understand the difference between the Asus A7N8X, A7N8X-X, -VM, etc. But why do Asus imply on their website that certain versions of a...

Has anyone tried connecting two monitors to a WindowsXP system using a PCI-express card and an AGP card? How about a PCI-express card and an old PCI graphics card?